Victor Wembanyama scored 37 of his season high-tying 40 points in the first half of the San Antonio Spurs’ fifth straight victory, 136-108 over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.
Wembanyama had the highest-scoring first half in the NBA this season and the highest-scoring half by a Spurs player in the 21st century while going 12 of 17 from the field with three 3-pointers against a Lakers lineup missing Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves.
Wembanyama played only the first eight minutes of the second half with the Spurs far ahead in their 10th win in 13 games.